Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded April 21

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded April 21

McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy (1967)

The Real McCoy is the seventh album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his first released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded on April 21, 1967, two years after Tyner's departure from the John Coltrane Quartet and during a difficult period in which Tyner considered leaving jazz and taking a day job as a cab driver. It features performances by Tyner with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, bassist Ron Carter, and former Coltrane Quartet drummer Elvin Jones. Producer Alfred Lion recalls the recording session as a "pure jazz session. There is absolutely no concession to commercialism, and there's a deep, passionate love for the music embedded in each of the selections."

In the additional liner notes to the 1999 remastered edition of the album, Bob Blumenthal writes: "Tyner chose to pursue the modal, rhythmically complex direction that the Coltrane quartet had staked out prior to the saxophonist's turn toward freer structures in 1965."

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner

"Passion Dance" – 8:47
"Contemplation" – 9:12
"Four by Five" – 6:37
"Search for Peace" – 6:32
"Blues on the Corner" – 5:58

Personnel

McCoy Tyner - piano
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
Ron Carter - bass
Elvin Jones - drums

Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1 & 2 (1971)

Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 is a studio album (and first solo piano album) by American jazz pianist Chick Corea, recorded over two days in April 1971 and released on ECM later that year. The session also produced Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972), released the following year.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chick Corea, except as noted.
Side INo. Title Writer(s) Length

"Noon Song" 4:00
"Song for Sally" 3:45
"Ballad for Anna" 2:25
"Song of the Wind" 3:10
"Sometime Ago" Chick CoreaNeville Potter 8:20
Total length: 21:40
Side II: Where Are You Now? – A Suite of Eight PicturesNo. Title Length
"Picture 1" 4:53
"Picture 2" 2:03
"Picture 3" 2:30
"Picture 4" 2:40
"Picture 5" 0:32
"Picture 6" 3:55
"Picture 7" 1:55
"Picture 8" 1:35
Total length: 20:03 41:43
Personnel Chick Corea – piano

Grant Green Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Live at The Lighthouse is a live album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring a performance recorded at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California in 1972 and released on the Blue Note label.

Track listing

Introduction by Hank Stewart - 2:30
"Windjammer" (Neal Creque) - 12:15
"Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 7:41
"Fancy Free" (Donald Byrd) - 14:44
"Flood in Franklin Park" (Shelton Laster) - 15:00
"Jan Jan" (Mose Davis) - 12:18
"Walk in the Night" (Johnny Bristol, Marilyn McLeod) - 6:37

    Recorded at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California on April 21, 1972

Personnel

Grant Green - guitar
Claude Bartee - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Gary Coleman - vibes
Shelton Laster - organ
Wilton Felder - electric bass
Greg Williams - drums
Bobbye Porter Hall - percussion
Hank Stewart - announcer1. Introduction - Hank Stewart
2. Windjammer
3. Betcha By Golly Wow
4. Introduction - Hank Stewart
5. Fancy Free
6. Introduction - Hank Stewart
7. Flood In Franklin Park
8. Introduction - Ed Hamilton
9. Jan Jan
10. Introduction - Hank Stewart
11. Walk In The Night

Bass – Wilton Felder
Congas, Percussion – Bobbye Hall
Drums – Greg Williams
Guitar – Grant Green
Organ – Shelton Laster
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Claude Bartee
Vibraphone – Gary Coleman

Keith Jarrett - The Cure: Live at Town Hall (1990)

The Cure is a live album by the Keith Jarrett Trio recorded at the Town Hall in New York City on April 21, 1990, and released on ECM October the following year. The trio—Jarrett's "Standards Trio"—features rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.